Logistics and Purchasing Officer (m/f/x) – Kigoma Region

Enabel is a Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also implements actions for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad Enabel offers solutions addressing pressing global chal­lenges: Climate Change. Urbanisation. Human Mobility. Peace and Security. Economic and Social Inequality, and Global Citizenship. With 1.500 staff. Enabel manages about 150 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium. Africa and the Middle East.

Background

The Sustainable Agriculture Kigoma Region Project (SAKIRP) is an agri­business and value chain development project funded by the Belgian government through its implementing agency. Enabel. The project’s specific objective is to increase and diversify smallholder farmers in­comes in the Kigoma region, especially for women, through pro-poor de­velopment of beans, cassava, and sunflower value chains. The project aims to reach 20.000 smallholder farmers during the four-year imple­mentation period.

The project has the following mutually reinforcing results:

• Value chains management and coordination mechanisms are in­stalled and steer cassava and beans value chain development:
• Sound financial mechanisms are developed, and financial organi­sations are strengthened to support value chains development;
• Public and private chain supporters provide effective services to value chains actors;
• Stronger position of smallholders in the value chain through im­proved integration and empowerment;
• Improved market access and sustainable trade.

The Water and Sanitation Kigoma Region Project (WASKIRP) is a project focusing on water supply services sustainability in rural areas. In rural Tanzania and Kigoma region, many water supply systems are malfunctioning or out of order due to weak management, aging infra­structures, and lack of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) throughout time. As a consequence, a large part of the population is suffering from the inadequate and intermittent water supply. For these reasons, WASKIRP will be supporting the establishment of Community Owned Water Sup­ply Organizations (COWSO) as well as improving existing infrastruc­tures with a view of sustaining the water supply service in the long run. The project is aligned with national policies and strategies, contributing directly to the implementation of Tanzania Water & Sanitation Develop­ment Plan 2007-2020 (WSDP).

Job Description

Under the hierarchical authority of the International Finance and Ad­ministration Officer, the Logistics and Purchasing Officer manages small purchases and is responsible for the logistical aspects such as the operational management of buildings and equipment, transporta­tion of goods, exemptions…

As Logistics and Purchasing Officer:

• You are responsible to put in place procurement procedures and for the good application thereof in order to have equipment that is adapted to the needs of the users/projects safely available;
• You are responsible to verify/survey materials with the help of an office inventory in order for equipment, including the communi­
  cation systems, to function correctly and to guarantee a suitable working environment;
• You are responsible to submit registration requests to customs, etc. for the claiming of materials and equipment in order for the projects to be able to dispose of the goods as soon as possible and to avoid having to pay lateness fees or fines;
• You provide support to the projects. Located in the Kigoma Region in Tanzania, in terms of the protocol in order to ensure good execu­tion of various tasks/procedures.

Your profile

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor degree in administration or procurement/logistics or any other relevant domain from a recognized academic institu­tion; Minimum 3 years of professional experience in logistics and procurement ;
• A professional experience in a Non-Governmental Organization/ bilateral agency is an asset.

Required skills and knowledge

• Basic knowledge of transit/customs clearance and bookkeeping is an asset;
• Knowledge of public procurement procedures and basics of stocks management;
• Ability to read and understand technical specifications of pro­curement;
• Basic knowledge of quality and security standards;
• Good knowledge of Computer software skills such as (MS Word. Excel);
• You are fluent in spoken and written Swahili. Considering the in­ternational environment in which you work, excellent knowledge of English is required.

Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission, and val­ues of Enabel

(https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vlslon-mlsslon-values).

We offer

• An interesting job in an international environment.
• A contract of 12 months renewable. You are based in Kigoma. Occasional missions to the site in the Kigoma region where we imple­ment projects are possible.
• A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in ac­cordance with our salary scales (Class 4). hospitalization/health- care insurance. 13th month, double holiday allowance and Reallo­cation allowance.

Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist of successful appli­cants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.

Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its work­force. Recruitment is solely on the basis of capacity.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply by including your application letter and updated CV to recruitment.tza@enabel.be.

The deadline for submitting the application is 16 March 2021